Receptacle.



C STEPHANO.

RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8. I917.

Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

CONSTAIl'TINE STEPHAHO, OF ELKINS PARK, PENNSYLVANIA.

BECEPTACLE.

Application m aua 8.1917; sea: a... 167,187.

To all whom z'tmayconcem:

Be it known that I, CONSTANTINE STEPHANO, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Elkins Park, in the county Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to receptacles in which merchandisemay be sold. The receptacles are especially useful as containers of cigarettes in lots of one hundred or any other quantity, where it is desired to have line .66 of Fig. 4.

a cont'alner of more substantial material than the-small cigarette packets.

I The principal object of my invention is to provide a receptacle composed of sliding or telescoping parts having a label, revenue v stamp or other paper device pasted on the ,which will unseal the receptacle.

several partsv of the receptacle whereby the paper must be torn or cut to open the recep- 'ent device there is a member in the nature" of a cord lying under the stem which goes out with each receptacle; and y pulling on this cord the stamp may be broken on a line I am aware that it has heretofore been proposed to employ a cord under the seal or wrapper of a package to facilitate opening it but my object herein is to so dispose the cord in relation to the receptacle that it will not bul e and cause. the stamp or seal to be worn t rough Where the receptacles are packed together and wherethe cord would otherwise tend to wear through the-stamp or. seal. The cord is so disposed, furthermore, that it not be displaced during handling of the receptacle.

Another object of my invention is to provide a simple arrangement for preventing side play or wabbling between the telescop. ing parts of the receptacle. I

In the drawing forming part of this application, Y Y i 5 Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rei ceptacle, closed "and sealed,

end wall.

Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the back of the receptacle,

Fig. 3 is'a perspective view of the receptacle opened and showing how the inner flap may be turned back when a cigarette is to be taken out,

Specification, Letters retreat. v Patented Apr.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the telescoping parts of the receptacle separated from the other, and showing the stamp severed along the edge,

Fig. 5 is a'sectional view, taken on the line 5--5 of Fig. 1, and I Fig. 6 is a sectional view. taken on the The receptacle is preferably made to exclude air whereby it will serve as ahumidor. In the drawing the receptaclel comprises the telescoping imier and outer members 2 and 3. The member 2 consists of a bottom, side walls 5, and the end wall 6. ,Theend of the member2 opposite the end wall 6 is preferably -left open to receive'the cardboard lining. The member 2 also has ashort'top section .7 partially closing the top of'this member.

The'member 3 consists of a top wall 8, bottom wall 9, side walls'lO and 11 and an made of one or more sheets of tin bent to the desired shape and seamed along the meeting edges.

The member 3 is preferably turned over Beth members 2 and 3 may be at its edge 12 around the sides and top to increase the thickness of the edge and to make it smooth. xThe member 2 has a shoulder 13 formed across theltop 7 and both sides'5 corresponding with the shape of the edge 14 of the member 3 {that is, if the edge 14 of the niember3 is straight-around the top and sides then-the shoulder 13 on member 2 is preferably straight also. The shoulder at 15 on the bottom of the member 2 is in line with the shoulder 13 of the sides 5, but it extends forwardly at 16; forming a projection beyond the general line, of the shoulder 15. The member 3 has its edge on the projecting portion 16 of the shoulderrests against the recessed portion 17 of the edge of the'member 3 the receptacle will then be closed as faras it is intended-to be. The

( projection 16 of the shoulder beyond the bottom recessed at 17 tocorrespond with and straight parts 13, 15 is so proportioned that when the receptacle is completely closed the projection 16 will hold the members suiii- 20, which may be the internal revenue.

stamp, label, or whatever is used to seal the receptacle, is pasted over the members 2 and 3 at the top and sides and across the space or gap 18 it will lie flat just as if the cord' were not present, so'that there can be no objection to the use of the cord in this manner. As the cord does not project above the top surface of the receptacle the paper will not be worn through by the cord as would be the case if the cord caused the paper to bulge and therefore rub against receptacles stacked against it. To open or unseal the receptacle it is only necessary to grasp one of the free ends of the. cord 19 and pull outwardly from the box and this will tear the paper along the edge 14 whereupon the members 3 can be moved along the member 2.

In making metal telescoping receptacles, it is not practicable to have them fit very tightly one over the other and therefore there is a tendency for one part to move sidewise in relation to the other. In the present device this is avoided. The projecting portion 16 of the shoulder can be aecurately stamped, and likewise the recess 17 in the edge of the member 3 maybe accurately stamped to agree with the projection 16. When these parts are brought together there will be no lateral play between the members 2 and 3 because of the closeness of these parts, even if the walls of the :member 3 do 1 ,1101; fit snugly to the walls of the member 2.

There is preferably provided a cardboard I lining 21 fitting around theinterior of the receptacle and it has a short flap 22 slightly longer than the short top. portion 7 of the member, 2. There is another flap, 23, having its edge overlying the edge of the {lap 22 and it is adapted to be turned up from the scored line 24. The fingers may be passed into the cut outs 25 to raise the flap 23 when it is desired to take a cigarette.

Having described my invention, What I claim is: I

1. An article of the class described comprising relatively sliding members adapted to telescope one over the other and together forming a receptacle, one of said members having a shoulder formed thereon, and means for limiting the closing position of said members whereby the end of the outer receptacle member will be spaced from said xl r shoulder to provide a recessgva cord lylng 1n said recess and a strip or amp secured to the receptacle members across said recess and adapted to be severed by cord to release said members. 1

2. An article of the class described comprising inner and outer relatively sliding members adapted to telescope one over the other and together forming a receptacle, said inner member having a shoulder formed thereon, said shoulder having a forwardly extending portion adapted to form an abutment for the open end of said outer member whereby when said members are closed the remainingportion of said shoulder will be spaced from the edge of said outer member to form a recess, a cord lying in said recess and a strip or stamp secured .to the receptacle-members across said recess and adapted to be severed by said cord to release said members. I

3. An article of the class described comprising inner and outer relatively sliding members adapted to telescope one over the other and together forming a receptacle, said outer member having a substantially straight edge around three of its sides at the open end of said member and having its edge on the fourth side recessed across the major portion of said side, said inner member having a shoulder extending substantially straight, around three sides thereof, said shoulder having a forwardly projecting portion on the fourth side thereof corresponding with the recessed edge portion of said outer mom-- her, said projecting portion of said shoulder be ng adapted to limit the closing position of said receptacle members whereby the said shoulder around three sides of the receptacle will be spaced from the end of said outer member to form a recess, a cord lying-in said latter recess and a strip or stamp secured to said receptacle members across said latter recess and adapted to be severed by said cord.

An article of the class described comprising inner and outer relatively sliding members adapted to telescope one over the other and together forming a receptacle, said 

